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Galraedia

(5,025 posts) Fri May 22, 2015, 10:14 AM May 2015

Rachel Maddow - Weak oil spill response drives locals to beach clean up

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Rachel Maddow - Weak oil spill response drives locals to beach clean up (Original Post) Galraedia May 2015 OP

The first thing that popped into my head after seeing a short clip on the spill Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #1

They shouldn't but they do in much of the California coast. Cleita May 2015 #3

Where is the MSM media on this? think May 2015 #2

This is so very tragic Pooka Fey May 2015 #4

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)

1. The first thing that popped into my head after seeing a short clip on the spill

Reply to Galraedia (Original post)

Fri May 22, 2015, 10:25 AM

May 2015

was 'Should storm drains really simply just dump crap directly onto a beach and into the ocean?'

Cleita

(75,480 posts)

3. They shouldn't but they do in much of the California coast.

Reply to Erich Bloodaxe BSN (Reply #1)

Fri May 22, 2015, 11:16 AM

May 2015

There are some beaches that I stopped swimming in that we're close to sewage treatment plants because of the bits of toilet paper cling to my bathing suit when I left the water.

think

(11,641 posts)

2. Where is the MSM media on this?

Reply to Galraedia (Original post)

Fri May 22, 2015, 10:32 AM

May 2015

Pooka Fey

(3,496 posts)

4. This is so very tragic

Reply to Galraedia (Original post)

Fri May 22, 2015, 12:16 PM

May 2015

These beaches and coastline are amazing. This is a catastrophe.

Good for Rachel Maddow and the Santa Barbara Independent for keeping the public informed on this. And Santa Barbara residents for their clean up efforts. What makes me furious is that the company will never repay the City of Santa Barbara for all this free labor, and this sludge is TOXIC.

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